Responsibilities:Wireless & Protocol Validation:- Validate BLE (GATT, GAP, pairing/bonding) and Wi-Fi provisioning, roaming, and co-existence.- Test MQTT delivery, QoS levels, and AWS IoT Core integration.- Validate Matter commissioning and device interoperability.- Verify SPI, I2C, UART driver behaviour and edge cases.OTA & Bootloader:- Validate OTA flows via MCUboot and TI OAD including rollback and interrupted update scenarios.- Verify firmware signature checks and anti-rollback protections in the secure boot chain.Security Validation:- Test secure boot chain, TrustZone key storage, and secure element access controls.- Execute anti-tamper scenarios and assess alignment with UL 2900 and NIST IoT guidelines.Power & Performance:- Measure power consumption across sleep, idle, active, and radio-on states.- Validate battery life projections and RTOS task timing under load.Hardware Lab & Automation:- Execute tests on physical TI, Nordic, STM, Renesas,



and Silicon Labs targets using JTAG/SWD and logic analysers.- Capture BLE sniffer and Wireshark traces for protocol validation.- Develop Python automation scripts integrated into Jenkins and AWS CodePipelines.Requirements:Languages & Frameworks:- Python: Robust experience in programming with Python and preferably in test automation scripts.- C/C++: Test harness and driver-level work.- Experience in firmware development using FreeRTOS, TI RTOS - task scheduling and interrupt handling concepts.Wireless & Connectivity:- BLE: GATT, GAP, pairing, bonding, advertising.- Wi-Fi 802.11: Provisioning, roaming, co-existence testing.- MQTT, Matter: Protocol-level validation experience.- SPI, I2C, UART: Wired protocol debugging with logic analysers.Hardware & Debug Tools:- Hands-on experience with TI, Nordic Semiconductor, STMicro, Renesas, or Silicon Labs platforms.- JTAG/SWD debuggers, logic analysers, BLE sniffers, Wireshark.- MCUboot, TI OAD: OTA and bootloader validation.- GCC, TI Clang toolchains. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 Firmware Validation Engineer - Embedded Firmware (Thiruvananthapuram)
🏢 Kenan Management Consultants Private
📍 Thiruvananthapuram